Recognize Your Nurse for Excellent Care!
At Grace Cottage, We Go Beyond Patient Care.
Our nurses go above & beyond for our patients, which is why Grace Cottage Family Health & Hospital is proud to be a DAISY Award® for Extraordinary Nurses partner. The DAISY Award is an international program that rewards and celebrates the skillful compassionate care that nurses provide every day.
Nurses can be nominated for the award by anyone: patients, family members, other nurses, physicians, clinicians, or staff – anyone who experiences or observes the extraordinarily compassionate care being provided by a nurse.
Honorees are selected throughout the year as a way to continually celebrate nurses.
Please say thank you to your Grace Cottage nurse by sharing your story.
Tell us how your nurse made a difference you’ll never forget!
Click on the the link below to submit nominations:
Daisy Award Nomination Form
If you don't know your nurse's full name, that's ok! Tell us the nurse’s first name and where you received your care (primary care clinic, inpatient hospital, hospice, or emergency department) and we can find your nurse. You can also nominate more than one nurse, maybe the team who cared for you. Thank you!
The DAISY Foundation was established in 1999 by the family of Patrick Barnes after he died from complications of Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia Purpura (ITP), an auto-immune disease. His family was fortunate to spend his last eight weeks of hospitalization with him. During those weeks, they experienced the best of nursing. While they expected great clinical care, they did not expect the incredible kindness and compassion shown to Patrick and them every day. The nurses' sensitivity to the situation made a great difference in the hospital experience, and after Pat died, the family knew they wanted to honor him by paying tribute to the nurses who cared for him. They created the Daisy Award.
DAISY is an acronym for Diseases Attacking the Immune SYstem. The DAISY Award® for Extraordinary Nurses began at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance at the University of Washington Medical Center, where Pat was a patient, and it has since spread to healthcare facilities and nursing schools across the U.S. and worldwide.
